Public administration and defence, value added (current US$) by country

Value added in public administration and defense is defined as the value of output of the public administration and defense industries less the value of intermediate consumption (intermediate inputs). Public administration and defense is a subset of services (ISIC 75). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Countries reporting
44
Highest
59.80 billion current US$
South Africa
Lowest
0 current US$
Kenya
Median
453.45 million current US$
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
1,210

What the numbers show

Public administration and defence, value added (current US$) is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 59.80 billion current US$ in South Africa; the lowest is 0 current US$ in Kenya.

The median across all reporting countries is 453.45 million current US$, and the mean is 2.80 billion current US$.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 643.1%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 78.7%).

Public administration and defence, value added: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 59.80 billion current US$ 2011 up 261.7% volatile
2 Egypt 22.47 billion current US$ 2011 up 59.0% rising
3 Algeria 8.42 billion current US$ 2004 up 57.9% falling
4 Morocco 7.44 billion current US$ 2010 up 130.6% volatile
5 Botswana 2.84 billion current US$ 2011 up 239.5% volatile
6 Namibia 2.67 billion current US$ 2011 up 237.3% volatile
7 Ghana 2.34 billion current US$ 2011 up 148.9% volatile
8 Tanzania 1.90 billion current US$ 2011 up 159.8% volatile
9 Burkina Faso 1.89 billion current US$ 2011 up 209.4% volatile
10 Guinea-Bissau 1.44 billion current US$ 1983 up 32.2% rising
11 Ethiopia 940.28 million current US$ 2011 up 105.6% volatile
12 Senegal 902.94 million current US$ 2011 up 184.0% volatile
13 Chad 786.11 million current US$ 2008 up 371.5% volatile
14 Rwanda 738.87 million current US$ 2011 up 250.8% rising
15 Benin 668.03 million current US$ 2010 up 172.7% rising
16 Eswatini 662.31 million current US$ 2011 up 253.1% volatile
17 Gabon 642.77 million current US$ 2006 up 34.4% falling
18 Democratic Republic of Congo 613.43 million current US$ 2011 up 641.9% volatile
19 Mauritius 591.55 million current US$ 2011 up 130.3% volatile
20 Lesotho 519.08 million current US$ 2011 up 269.7% volatile
21 Madagascar 511.25 million current US$ 2009 up 203.7% volatile
22 Mauritania 478.47 million current US$ 2011 up 309.5% volatile
23 Zambia 428.42 million current US$ 2011 up 153.5% rising
24 Eritrea 408.74 million current US$ 2009 up 313.8% volatile
25 Mali 402.11 million current US$ 2007 up 124.0% volatile
26 Congo 331.34 million current US$ 1989 up 74.0% volatile
27 Togo 318.65 million current US$ 2011 up 131.8% volatile
28 Guinea 303.24 million current US$ 2011 up 141.1% rising
29 Mozambique 284.45 million current US$ 2007 up 226.4% rising
30 Burundi 247.68 million current US$ 2011 up 402.5% volatile
31 Uganda 245.09 million current US$ 1996 up 154.3% volatile
32 Cape Verde 216.40 million current US$ 2011 up 204.1% volatile
33 Niger 203.20 million current US$ 2003 up 25.0% volatile
34 Equatorial Guinea 144.04 million current US$ 2008 up 643.1% volatile
35 Sierra Leone 141.38 million current US$ 2011 up 220.0% volatile
36 Djibouti 121.19 million current US$ 2006 up 4.4% flat
37 Malawi 79.64 million current US$ 1978 up 156.3% rising
38 Central African Republic 77.55 million current US$ 2006 up 40.1% rising
39 Seychelles 56.60 million current US$ 2011 down 25.2% rising
40 Comoros 29.19 million current US$ 1998 down 34.1% falling
41 Gambia 19.44 million current US$ 2011 up 10.7% falling
42 Somalia 5.99 million current US$ 1990 down 78.7% falling
43 Sao Tome and Principe 5.80 million current US$ 2006 up 15.3% rising
44 Kenya 0 current US$ 2011 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Public administration and defence, value added (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
46 places, 1,210 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Value added in public administration and defense is defined as the value of output of the public administration and defense industries less the value of intermediate consumption (intermediate inputs). Public administration and defense is a subset of services (ISIC 75). Data are in current U.S. dollars.